Friday 4 December 2026
“Digital dentistry for the dental team: you say you want a revolution”
Noland Naidoo, Helen Kaney, Prof. Dr. Murali Srinivasan and Professor Gerry McKenna
We are delighted to welcome delegates to the Study Day in 2026. This year's Study Day will combine all of our customary quality educational content with an opportunity to meet with colleagues.
CGDent Scotland Study Day 2026 on Friday 4 December will feature Noland Naidoo, Helen Kaney, Prof. Dr. Murali Srinivasan and Professor Gerry McKenna. Delegates will benefit from 5.75 hours of CPDA (applied for) lectures, a two-course lunch, an extensive tradeshow and the day will conclude with a social drinks reception.
Main Programme
Noland Naidoo
BChD, PgDipDent (Implantology), MDent (Pros)
Vermilion Clinic
Dr Noland Naidoo qualified as a specialist prosthodontist in South Africa, following completion of his MDent (Prosthodontics) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He had previously completed his B.Ch.D (2005) and PDipDent (Implantology) (2007) at the University of the Western Cape, and went on to co-direct a private prosthodontic practice in Johannesburg while serving as a specialist in the Department of Oral Rehabilitation at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Noland relocated to the UK in 2022, joining the UCL Eastman Dental Institute as a clinical lecturer on the postgraduate prosthodontic programmes. In 2024 he moved to Scotland and joined Vermilion – The Smile Experts, where his practice is focused on prosthodontics in Edinburgh and endodontics in Kelso. He has also held a senior academic appointment at the Edinburgh Dental Institute, teaching on postgraduate prosthodontic and endodontic programmes.
He is an ITI Fellow, an alumnus of Future Leaders in Prosthodontics (FLiP), and serves on the board of SHiFT (Shifting the Future). He has contributed to international professional organisations including the International College of Prosthodontists and acts as a peer reviewer for leading journals.
Noland’s current professional interests centre on the pragmatic, evidence-based integration of digital technologies and biomaterials to support predictable restorative and implant outcomes. He is passionate about reducing complexity, improving long-term maintenance pathways, and ensuring that advances in prosthodontics and endodontics translate meaningfully into everyday clinical decision-making for patients.
Helen Kaney
BDS LLB Dip LP MBA FCGDent
MDDUS
Helen qualified from Glasgow University in 1987 (BDS) and spent many years in general dental practice as well as working as a clinical assistant in conservative dentistry and prosthodontics at Glasgow Dental Hospital and at Guy’s Hospital in London.
She developed an interest in law and ethics early in her career and studied law (LLB) and then trained and worked as a solicitor for a number of years, acting for doctors and dentists in clinical negligence claims, regulatory matters and FAIs (in Scotland) on the instructions of UK indemnity providers. Her first dentolegal role in 1999 was working for a large insurer in Surrey.
Helen then completed an MBA in 2013 at Strathclyde Business School. She has significant experience in advising and assisting dentists in the UK and Ireland and in several international jurisdictions. Helen was a Fellow and an elected council member of the College of General Dentistry (formerly FGDP (UK)) for 6 years until Spring 2025. She joined MDDUS in July 2023 after working for 14 years for another UK based indemnity provider, latterly as Head of Dental Services, Scotland.
Prof. Dr. Murali Srinivasan
Dr. Med. Dent., BDS, MDS (Prosthodontics), MBA, MAS (Reconstructive Dentistry), PD
Geneva University
Prof. Murali Srinivasan is a specialist prosthodontist and is the Clinic director of the Clinic of General-, Special care-, and Geriatric Dentistry in the Centre for Dental Medicine at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.
In the past, he has served as the president of the European College of Gerodontology (2020) and has held the post of the Director (head) of the Centre for Dental Medicine (2023) in Zurich. He is an active fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI) and since 2024 is an honorary professor at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Prof. Srinivasan has received several research awards in the fields of prosthodontics, implant dentistry, and geriatric dentistry. His current research focus is on prevention, geriatric dentistry, dental implants, and the clinical applications of CAD-CAM technology in removable prosthodontics.
He is currently the president of the Swiss Society of the Gerodontology and Special care dentistry, and the president of the Geriatric Oral Research Group of the International Association of Dental Research (IADR-GORG).
Professor Gerry McKenna
BDS (Ncl), MFDS RCSEd, PHD (UCC), FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd, FHEA
Queens University Belfast
Gerry McKenna qualified as a dentist at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. After working in a number of dental hospitals and spending time in dental practice he completed his PhD and specialist clinical training in University College Cork. He currently works as a Consultant in Prosthodontics and Restorative Dentistry in Queens University Belfast where he provides clinical supervision and teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate dental students. His clinical work is focused on fixed and removable prosthodontics including managing older adults in both hospital and private practice.
Gerry is a clinical researcher based within the Centre for Public Health in Queens University Belfast where he leads oral health research. He is the current President of the Geriatric Oral Research Group of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and past President of the European College of Gerodontology (ECG). His research is centred on optimising treatment options for older adults which positively impact their dental and overall health. Gerry is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, an adjunct Professor in University College Cork and a King James IV Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
He has recently published the book “Clinical Cases in Gerodontology”.